AHARS Buy and Sell

Yesterday (Sunday 3rd November), I attended the Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society (AHARS) Buy and Sell, which was held at the Goodwood Community Centre. This is South Australia’s biggest ‘hamfest’. And this year did not disappoint, with lots of vendors selling their wares in the main hall, including Ross from Strictly Ham in Melbourne.

Next door in the adjacent hall, Ian VK5CZ and I had a display on Summits on the Air (SOTA) and the VK5 National & Conservation Parks Award. During the course of the day we had many interested hams approach us about the 2 programs. It was great to catch up with many amateurs that I had spoken to on air but had never met. This included Paul VK4FPPR/5, who I had spoken to on 40m the night earlier. I had been tuning around the band & heard Paul speaking with Marshall VK3MRG (a keen SOTA enthusiast) about portable operation.